The clothes line is pulled taut and secured.

晾衣绳被拉紧系牢了。

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The old man braced himself, the line taut across his shoulders.

老人打起精神，斜挎在肩膀上的钓丝绷得紧紧的。

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Wake up, energy and strength to recover, suddenly a last-ditch when that happens, you might like the taut Natiao big fish off the line, like, free.

醒来，精力与体力得以恢复，突然奋力一搏，这时，你也许会像那条绷断了线的大鱼一样，自由了。

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But even the most trustworthy hand could eventually find it difficult to keep its grip on a taut line.

NEWYORKER: Alone

The mission -- called MAST (for Multi-Application Survivable Tether) -- is scheduled to begin April 17th with a payload launch on a Dnepr rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, after which the Washington state-based Tethers Unlimited's two anchor sats (less-cleverly dubbed Ted and Ralph -- um, hello, Penny and Brain...) will gradually separate until they've pulled the kilometer-long line taut.

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The line became taut.

NEWYORKER: Neptune��s Navy